Rail-lock and tie-plate.



No. 886,248. PATENTBD APR.- 28, 1908. w. N. REYNOLDS.

RAIL LOOK AND TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION ITHJIIKPUG. 6, 1907- Z W W '7 zigir rakygg UNITED STATES PATENT @FFKQ.

WILLIAM N. REYNOLDS, OF LITCHFIELD; CONNECTICUT.

RAIL-LOCK AND TIE-PLATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM N. REY- NOLDS, a citizen of the United States,.and a resident of Litchfield, in the county of Lit-chfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ltail-Locks and Tie-Plates, or which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

The purpose of the invention is to provide a combined lock and tie plate for railway rails, of simple, durable and economic construction, ada table to any form of sleeper, and which wi l effectually prevent the rails from spreading or having any lateral movement, thus providing for a safe and regular line of tracks even where the roadbed is" steep.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the sleeper or tie, a section or side elevation of the device, and a transverse section .through the rails held thereby, the section being taken practically on the line 1--1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the slee er or tie shown"in Fig. 1, and parts carried tiiereby; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of one end of the tie plate; Fig. 1 is an enlarged bottom plan view of an outer member of the rail lock; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged bottom plan member of the rail lock.

A represents a tie or sleeper ordinarily employed in railroad construction; B represents a tie plate that is adapted to rest upon the said sleeper, and to extend ractically the length thereof, being secured in its central portion to the sleeper by bolts or spikes 10, or their equivalents, and by other means to be hereinafter mentioned. I

C represents the rails which cross the tie plate B in. the customary manncr.

The tie late B is made thicker at its end ortions than at any other portion in its ength, as is shown at 11 in Figs. 1 and 3, and in consequence transverse shoulders 12 are f rmed a convenient distance from the ends of the said tie late. Between the slumldors 12 and the en( s of the tie plate, adjacent the end, a group, usually it is of four apertures 1 provided, and about centrally within this Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 6, 1907. Serial No- 387,314.

view of the inner Patented April 28 1908.

group a recess 14 is made; in the upper face of the tie plate at each end and adjacent each shoulder 12, usually two apertures 1'3 are prdduced. Further-inward or about the center of the tie plate adjacent each end, a set of two apertures 15 is provided corresponding to the a )ertures 13 and the flanges of the rails lie etween these two sets of apertures 13 and 15, which are transversely located on the tie plate. In Fig. 3 I have shown an aperture as centrally located between those designated as 15, but such aperture is not im portant and may be omitted, but between the apertures of each set, recesses 16 and 16 are produced in the upper face of the tie plate for a urpose to be hereinafter described, and etween these recesses 16 and 16 but slightly to the real thereof, ordinarily two longitpdinally arranged apertures 17 are produced."

' The rail lock is made in two sections, a brace D, which is an outer section, and the guard section D, which is an inner section, and a rail lock is provided for each rail. Each brace section consists of a base plate 18 provided with-four apertures 19 that correspond to the apertures 13 hereinbefore mentioned, and about centrally between the apertures 19 on the base plate 18, a lug 20 is formed, and when the brace section islaid upon the thicker portion of the tie plate B, the lug 2O enters and fits in the recess Mat said thickeriportion of the plate, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. .An arm 21 extends centrally from the up er face of the base 18 of'the brace section, an the said arm 21 is given an upward and aninward inclination and terminates in quite awide head 22 that base;

recess 23 produced in its inner'edge, and the' said recess 23 when the brace section is in position receives a portion of the outer face of the tread of the rail and the under portion of said face, as is clearl 1 shown in Fig. l. The brace section is secured to the tie plate and likewise to the tie or sleeper, by means of spikes 2 1 driven through the apertures 19 in t 1e brace section and the apertures 13 in tile tie plate, and it may be here remarked t rat tic plate by means of spikes 25 and 25* in the customary manner, which spikes are passed through the apertures 13 and 15 of the tie 1 plate.

Each guard section l) consists of a Hat plate 26, having one of its ends 27 enlarged, u that the plate is practically 1n the form of the flanges of the rails are secured to the ders and apertures being adapted to receive fastening a T, and at the enlarged or head end 27 of the guard plate D, two lugs 28 are produced upon its under face, and these lugs are adapte to enter the recesses 16 and 16 in the tie plate above referred to; and in the body portion of the guard section D, longitudinal the guard plate is in V apertures 31 are produced'that register with t recess 29 about centrally produced in its bear ing edge; this recess is not absolutely essential, but is intended to receive a spike 32, for example, to engage-with the flange of, the railin the event the spikes could not be driven as ordinarily adjacent the edges of the tie. When a guard section is-in position on the tie late B it engages with'the inner edge of the ange of the rail, and since the brace section has perfect bearing against the outer face of the tread of the same rail, the edgesof the rails are effectually prevented "from shifting laterally under any conditions, es pecially so since the are assisted by the tie plate B and its peculiar construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In railway construction, a tie plate adapted for attachment to a sleeper, having bearings for the outer edges of the rail flange the tie plate being provided with transversely. I arranged apertures adapted to receive fastening devices for securing the outer and inner edges of the flanges of the rails to said tie plate, and rail locks, which looks include brace sections and a guard section, both having interlocking engagement with the tie plate, the brace'section engaging with the outer face of the head of the rail, and the guard section with the inner edge of the flange of the rail.

- 2. In railway construction, a tie plate adapted for attachment to a sleeper and having transverse shoulders for engagement with the outer edge of the flanges of the rails, the tie pllate being provided adjacent to the shou ders with a set of transversely arranged apertures, and also having a second set of transverse apertures between the said shoulthe center of the tie plate, the said devices for securing the inner and outer edges of the flanges of the rails to said tie plate, and locking devices for the rails, each comprising an outer brace section and an inner guard section, each section having an interlocking connection with the tie plate, and auxiliary locking means, the brace sections consisting each of a base plateand an arm extending therefrom adapted for engagement with the outer side and the under face of the tread of consisting of a flat p through i side face of the tread of t seems the rail, the engaging end of said arm bet of less width than the space between the sai apertures adjacent to the shoulders and extending over said s ace, the guard section ate adapted for engagement with the inner edge of the flan e of the rail, the engaging end of said guar section extending between transversel arranged apertures.

3. In rai way construction, tion with a tie plate having transverseshoulthe OOIIlblIl&--

the said. second set of. I

ders produced therein adjacent its ends anda recess between the said shoulders and the ends of the plate, and recesses between the center of the plate and the said shoulders, the tie plate being further provided at each end portion with a set "of transversely arranged apertures in line with the last mentioned recesses, and a set of transversely arranged ertures adjacent to the said shoulders,

ing ada ted to receive fastening devices .to secure t of a lock for the rails, which look consists of a brace section and a guard section, each brace section com rising a base'plate having a lug upon its run er face adapted to enter a recess in the tie plate of, and an arm that extends upwardly and inwardly from the base plate, terminating in a wide head having'a groove in its inner edge, which groove receives a ortion of the outer portion of the under face of the said tread, each guard section consisting of a flat T plate, its wider or head portion having lugs formed upon its under face at the outer end thereof and adapted to enter the recesses in the tie plate located between the shoulders of said plate and its center,the outer edge of the head of a guard section engagin with the inner edge of the flange of the rai ,iand means for securing the two sections to the said tie plate, auxiliary to the aforesaid lugs.

4. In railway construction, a tie adapted for attachment to a sleeper and iaving transverse with the outer edges of the flanges of the rails, and locking devices for the rails each comprising an outer brace section engaging with the outer face of the headof the rail,

111 5. t e flanges of. the rails lying between the saidf sets of apertures and the sets of apertures beadjacent an end'there-' late shoulders for engagement e flanges of the rails to said tie plate,

e rail and adjacent and an inner guard section, the guard secprovided body portion of the guard section for the passage of fastenin means, the tie plate being further provider with transverse apertures in line with the said recesses and between which the head of the guard section extends, the said a ertures at each side of the head of the guar section being adapted to receive -s ikes to secure the inner edge of the flange 0 the rail to the tie plate.

5. In railway construction, a tie late adapted for attachment to a sleeper and aving transverse shoulders for engagement with the outer edges of the flanges of the rails, the said tie being provided with transversely arranged apertures adjacent to the shoulders, a group of a ertures between the shoulders and the end; of the tie plate, and a recess formed in the tie plate centrally of the grou of apertures, and for the rails COlIl arising an outer brace section engaging with the outer face of the head of the rail, and an inner guard section engagin with the inner edge of the flange of the rail, the brace sections each comprising a base plate adapted to rest on the tie plate and when in position being spaced at its lnner end from the said apertures adjacent to the shoulder passa e of fastening means, t

the tread locking devices of the tie plate, the base plate being pro vided with apertures corresponding with the group of apertures in the tie late for the lie said base plate -iaving a lug upon its under face adapted to enter the recess in the tie plate, anarm extending upwardlv and inwardly from the base plate and having a head at its free end provided with a groove in to receive a portion of the outer side face of of the rail and the adjacent por tion of the under face of said tread, the said head extending beyond the inner end of the 1 base plate and located above the space between the said apertures adjacent to the shoulder of the tie plate, the said last mentioned apertures being adapted to receive spikes to secure the outer edge of the flange of the railto the said tie plate.

In testimony'whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 4

WILLIAM N. REYNOLDS. lVitnesses: i

F. L. PERKINS, W. O. BUTLER.

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